Ivo

See also: ivo, ivó, ívó, and -ivo

English

Etymology

Latinate form of a medieval name of Old French origin, from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz (“yew, bow”). Name of French and English saints. Cognate with modern French Yves.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪvəʊ/

Proper noun

Ivo

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    • 1970, John Wain, A Winter in the Hills, Viking Press, page 45:
      It was so farcically alien to be called 'Roger' and 'Furnivall' in a place where everybody had names like Ivo and Gito and Madog.

Usage notes
  • Used in medieval England, but rarer as a given name today. Modern American bearers of this name may be of Slavic origin. Also still used to translate the names of pre-modern figures named Yves.

Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

Cognate to French Yves, and also a variant of Ivan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɪvo]

Proper noun

Ivo m anim

  1. a male given name

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Estonian

Etymology

Short form of Ivar and, less often, of Ivan.

Proper noun

Ivo

  1. a male given name

Ingrian

Etymology

From Ivana (“John”) +‎ -o. Akin to Estonian Ivo.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈiʋo/, [ˈiʋo̞]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈiʋoi̯/, [ˈiʋo̞i̯]
  • Rhymes: -iʋo, -iʋoi̯
  • Hyphenation: I‧vo

Noun

Ivo

  1. a diminutive of the male given name Ivana

Declension
Declension of Ivo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative Ivo Ivot
genitive Ivon Ivvoin, Ivoloin
partitive Ivvoa Ivoja, Ivoloja
illative Ivvoo Ivvoi, Ivoloihe
inessive Ivos Ivois, Ivolois
elative Ivost Ivoist, Ivoloist
allative Ivolle Ivoille, Ivoloille
adessive Ivol Ivoil, Ivoloil
ablative Ivolt Ivoilt, Ivoloilt
translative Ivoks Ivoiks, Ivoloiks
essive Ivonna, Ivvoon Ivoinna, Ivoloinna, Ivvoin, Ivoloin
exessive1) Ivont Ivoint, Ivoloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 98

Italian

Etymology

Cognate to English Ivo and French Yves.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈi.vo/
  • Rhymes: -ivo
  • Hyphenation: Ì‧vo

Proper noun

Ivo m

  1. a male given name

Anagrams

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1962. Shortened from Ivars, also cognate to English Ivo, with ultimately the same Germanic meaning "yew, bow (of yew)".

Proper noun

Ivo m

  1. a male given name

References
  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Ivo was the only given name of 2324 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Portuguese

Etymology

Two possible origins:

  1. Latinate form of a medieval name of Old French origin, from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz (“yew, bow”). Name of French and English saints. Cognate with French Yves.
  2. Short form of Ivan. Doublet of João, Ian, Jean, Ruan, and Geovane, all equivalents to English John.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈi.vu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈi.vo/
 

  • Rhymes: -ivu
  • Hyphenation: I‧vo

Proper noun

Ivo

  1. a male given name.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

A hypocoristic form of Ivan.

Proper noun

Ívo m (Cyrillic spelling И́во)

  1. a male given name
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